Grain-shocker.



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JULIUS FRITZ, OF NEWARK, SOUTH DAKOTA.

` GRAIN-SHOCKER.

.To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS FRITZ, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Marshall and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Grain-Shocker, of which the following is a specification.

Thls invention has relation to grain shockers and it consists in the novel con struction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a grain shocker in the form of an attachment adapted to be applied to the frame of a harvester for receiving sheaves or bundles from the grain deck thereof and assembling the same in the form of a shock; means being provided whereby when sufficient sheaves have been collected tor form a shock for depositing them in upright position upon the ground in shock formation.

With the above general object in view the submitted invention includes means for delivering the sheaves or bundles to a shock receptacle, and when deposited therein in providing means for compacting the sheaves or compressing the bundle together in close relation prior to depositing the assembled bundle upon the ground in shock form.

The present invention alsoincludes means for returning the parts adapted to handle the sheaves or bundles as above indicated and for positioning the shocks upon the ground, to their normal positions.

The attachment is adapted to be pivotally connected with the frame of a harvester, and draft means may be provided in addition to that with which the harvester is equipped, for the purpose of propelling theshocker and relieving Athe harvester of tendency toward side draft by reason of the application of the attachment as indicated.

The several parts of the attachment are actuated by power derived from the main traction wheel of the harvester (commonly known as the bull wheel and also from a traction wheel which serves in part as a support for the attachment.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is .a top plan view of the rain shocker Fig. 2 is a front end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of `the grain shocker. Fig. l5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the grain. shocker out on thev line Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 9, 1909.

a harvester.

Patente d Nov. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 488,899.

Vdrawings and showing a( .jacent parts in section. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a spring-actuated arm us :d in the shocker. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of an end portion of the bundle rec aptacle supporting shaft. Fig. 10 is a trans verse sectional view of a shaft used upon the shocker. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the ihock receptacle of the shocker showing the same in dumping position. Fig. 12 is a sv de elevation of the said shock receptacle sho* ving the same turning from dumping positil n to bundle-receiving position.

As an auxiliary to the attachment above referred to a shaft 1 is ournaled for rota tion in the frame of a larvester above the delivery end of the grain deck 2 thereof and is provided along its len 5th with a series of spaced fingers 3. The delivery end of the deck 2 is provided with a series of recesses 4. A sprocket wheel 5 is mo inted upon the forward end of the shaft 1, and a sprocket wheel 6 is mounted upon the forward end of a shaft 7 which is jaurnaled upon the frame 8 of the harvester. A sprocket chain 9 passes around the spro .ket wheels 5 and 6 and is adapted to transm .trotary movement from the said wheel 6 t) the wheel 5, and through the said wheel t) the shaft 1. The main traction wheel 10 (commonly known as the bull wheel) is provided with a concentrically laterally disposed shaft 11, which extends under or Nithin the frame 8 ofthe. harvester. A beveled pinion 10 is fixed to the inner end o''the shaft 11, and meshes with a beveled pinion 12, mounted upon the shaft 7. Thus it is seen that means is provided for transmi ting rotary movement from the main trac ion wheel 10 of the harvester to the shaft 1, r ientioned in the beginning of the specific description of the f auxiliary which a sp cie description `is to follow. It will also be seen that the parts are so arranged and mmnted that, while the main traction wheel l0 rotates in a forward directionas the ha rvester movesover iio a field, the shaft 1 is so rotated that the fingers 3 carried thereby move down along the grain deck 2 toward the incisions or recesses 4 provided at the end thereof, and then move up over the shaft 1, so that they engage bundles or sheaves as they roll down the said deck.

A series of spaced arms 13 are mounted upon that end of the shaft 1 opposite the end thereof upon which the sprocket wheel 5 is mounted, and the said arms are approximately radially disposed with relation to the said su portingshaft 1. A shaft 14 is journaled or rotation at the outer portion of the frame 8 of the harvester,

and is provided at one end with a series of spaced arms 15. Of the said arms 15 the first (designated as 15') has its lower end normally lying in the path of movement of one of the arms 13 upon the shaft l, and as the said arm 15 is swung when the arm 13 comes in contact with the same (in a manner hereinafter to be described) the shaft 14 is partially rotated, and the succeeding arms 15 are brought into the path of movement of the succeeding arms 13 upon the shaft 1. The shaft 14 is provided with an intermediate crank portion 16, upon which is mounted fingers 17 The said fingers have opposite end portions extending at opposite sides of the said crank portion 16 and disposed at an angle to each other; thus the said ngers form a cradle. The inner extremities of the fingers 17 are adapted to pass lthrough the spaces provided between the fingers 3 mounted upon the shaft 1, and, inasmuch as the opposite end portions of the said fingers 17 are angularly disposed, a bundle or sheave which is lifted by the fingers 3 upon the shaft 1 will be deposited upon the fingers 17 in the manner hereinafter to be described. A spring 18 is mounted upon the upper outer portion of the frame 8 of the harvester and is provided with an end which projects into the path of movement of the crank portion 16 of the shaft 14. A-trough 19 is also mounted upon the upper outer portion of the frame 8- of the shocker and is located below the path of movement of the fingers 17. That is to say, the said trough is so positioned as to receive from the cradle formed by said fingers a sheaf or bundle as the crank portion 16 of the shaft 14 moves toward the trough. A hinged apron 20 forms a side of the trough 19 and is held in an inclined position with relation to the fixed portion ofthe said trough by means of an arm 21,

which is journaledto the under side of the xed portion of the trough 19, and which,

at its free end portion, bears against they sion with a tendency to hold the free end of the said arm in an elevated position, whereby the hinged apron 20 is afforded a support which retains the said hinged apron in the inclined position with relation to the fixed portion of the trough 19 as above indicated. However when a bundle is deposited in the trough 19'the apron 2O swings down under the weight of the bundle and serves as a skid to direct the bundle to a bundle receptacle to be described. When free of the bundle the apron is forced back to its normal position by the arm 21 and spring 22. Thus the apron 20 serves to break the fall of the bundle from the delivery ngers 17 to the bundle-receptacle,

and also by reason of the fact that the bundle engages the apron 20 before it enters the receptacle, the bundle is positioned in an approximately horizontal position before it is permitted to fall into the receptacle. It has heretofore been stated that the said trough 19 is attached to the outer portion of the frame 8 of the harvester, but this need not necessarily be the case, as the said trough may be located at any point between the point of delivery of the fingers carried by the shaft 14 and the receiving portion of a bundle-receptacle, hereinafter to be `described. It therefore follows that the said trough may be mounted upon the frame of the harvester or upon the frame proper of the shocker attachment, and in the present instance it is illustrated as being shown upon the frame of the attachment.

The shocker attachment consists of a frame 23, which is supported at one side upon a ground wheel 24, and at its opposite or inner side upon a traction Wheel 25. Links 26 are pivotally connected with the upper portion of the frame 23, at one end, and at their opposite ends are pivotally connected with bearings 27 mounted upon the outer portion of the frame 8 of the harvester. A guide 28 is pivotally connected with the lower portion of the frame 23, and slidably engages a cleat 29 mounted upon the frame 8 of the harvester. While the links 26 have pivotal connection with the frames of the harvester and shocker respectively, the guide 28 is pivotally connected with the frame of the shocker and slidably engages the frame of the harvester. Therefore it ,will be seen that as the harvester passes over the surface of the ground and the shocker is attached thereto, by reason of the peculiar connection between the frame of the shocker and the frame of the harvester, a certain amount of flexibility in a lateral direction is provided, inasmuch as the guide 28 is not positively connected with the frame of the harvester. Therefore, the harvester and the attachments may pass over unevenground, and, while the harvester is moving in a straight forward diupon the side portions of the frame 23 and are rovided with elongated openings 31. A sha t 32 is journaled at its end portions in the elongated openings 31 of the said guides 30, and 1s provided at an intermediate point with a crank portion 33. A bundle-recep tacle 34 is mounted in the crank portion 33 i and is preferably formed of sheet metal material, the sides of which arefflexible, and the said receptacle is maintained in position upon the crank portion 33 of the shaft 32 by means of a clip 35, attached to the lower portion of the receptacle and which passes around the said crank portion 33, and at its sides by means of guides 36,` which are attached at their e'nds to; the side portions of the said receptacle and loosely receive the end portions of the crank portion of the shaft 32.

Guides 37 are mounted upon the side rails 38 of the frame 23, and arms 39 are fixed to the end portions of the shaft 32 and extend down along the guides Rollers 40 are journaled at the lower ends of the arms 39 and are located lunder the guides 37. The

end portions of the shaft 32 project through the elongated vopenings 31 in theguides 30, and as the shaft 32 is rotated, as will be hereinafter explained, its end portions move vertically alongthe elongated openings 31 in the guides 30. Thus, as the shaft 32 rotates, it moves bodily at the same time, and it is during such movement that the accumulated bundles are deposited upon the round in the form of a shock, as will be herelnafter explained. A wire link 41 is pivoted at .its forward end to the outer end portion of the shaft 32, and the rear end of the said link 41 is pivotally attached to the outer side rail 38 of the frame 23. Arms 42 are also fixed to the end portions of the shaft 32, and the said arms, at their outer extremities are provided with journaled rollers 43. The arms 42 project from the axis of `the shaft 32 at approximately right an Iles to the arms 39.

uides 44 are fixed to the side rails 38 of the frame 23, and arms 45 are pivotally attached at their rear ends to the side rails 38 of the said frame. The forward ends of the arms 45 venter the guides 44 and said arms 45 are provided, at points intermediate of their' ends, with inclined sections 46.

ySprings 47 have contact with the rear end portions ofthe said arms 45, and are under tension with a tendency to hold the forward the side rails 38 of the fra me 23, and arey provided with catch ends 49 which normally lie in the paths of movemen 1 of the forward ends of the arms 45. The sl rafts 48 are provided with laterally d-ispc` sed sections 50 which merge into sections 51, which extend in the same general directioi as the major or body portion of the said :ihafts 48;. `Coil springs 52 surround the shafts 48 and bear. upon the same. Said sprin gs 52 are under tension with a tendency to h )ld the catch extremities 49 of the shafts 4i; in the path of movement of the forward and portions of the arms 45. Brackets 53 :.re located upon the end portions of the sha ft 32 which `join with the intermediate cui ved portion 33 thereof. Spring members i4 are journaled upon the brackets 53 and a1 e provided with curved end portions 55. At their opposite end portions the said membf` rs 54 merge into the upstanding portions 53, and links 57 connect the upper extremities of the pordle receptacle 34. Arms 5S are attached to the side rails 38 of the frime 23 and are provided at their upper end; with rollers 59, against which the curved pi irtions 55 of the flexible members 54 operate` as the shaft 32 rotates. The end portionsi 51 of shafts 48 are located in the paths of movement of the -curved portions 55 of the m embers 54.

As has been heretofore explained, the bundles of grain are delive 'ed to the receptacle 34, and when a suliiient number of bundles has been accumulated therein, the said receptacle 34 is turned with the rotation of the shaft 32, as wifl be hereinafter explained, and, as the said; receptacle turns from an approximately ho'izonta1 position to an upright position, the ihaft 32 and the' said receptacle move in a ownward direction caused by the rollers 40 moving along under the guides 37 and pulling thearms 39 down, and thus as the buttends of the bundles are swung toward the ground, the said bundles are simultaneously; .owered, and the shock is positioned u on the ground. At the time that the shaft 32 rotates the end portions 55 of the member; 54 move along the peripheries of the rollt rs 59 supported upon the arms 58; but when the ends of the portions 55 of the members 54 pass below the rollers 59, the tension o; the members 54 (which tensiony has been previously augmented by contact of the portions 55 with the peripheries of the rollegs 59) causes the free ends of the portions 55 to ly outwardly, and the said portions 55 oi the members 54 come in contact with the :ctions 51 of the shafts 48, and the said shafts are partially -rotated, whereby their catct ends 49-are carthe arms 45. Thus the fori Jard ends of the said arms 45 are renderedi free to Inove in `the guides 44, and under tl .e tension of the` springs 47, the forward ends of the arms 45 move from the lower ends to the upper ends of the guides 44. When this occurs the rollers 40 carried at the ends of the arms 39 have passed beyond the rear ends of the guides 37 and hence the shaft 32 and its attachments are free, to be raised in the guide 30. This is done by the springs 47 bearing against the 'arms 45 which at such times bear directly against the shaft 32 as indicated in Fig. 11. As the shaft 32 continues to rotate and the arms 42 are carried around, the rollers 43 mounted upon the said arms 42 come in contact with the inclined portions 46 of the. arms 45 and as the said arms 42 continue to rotate about the axis of the shaft 32, the forward ends of the arms 45 are moved down into the lower portions of the guides 44 against the tension of the springs 47 and are thus returned to positions under the catches 49. When the shaft 32 is in elevated position the rollers 40 upon thearms 39 come in contact with the side rails 38 at the forward ends of the guides 37 as most clearly shown in Fig. 9 of the drawing. Thus the arms 39 are approximately vert-1- cally under the axis of the shaft 32 and the said arms 39 together with the rollers 40 bearing upon the side rails 38 serve as means for holding the shaft 32 and the parts mounted thereon in elevated position. During the time that the arms 42 pass from positions directly beneath the axis of the shaft 32 and until the arms occupy a similar position and the rollers 40 engage the side rails 38 the shock receptacle 34 is supported in its elevated position by the wire link 41 which engages the shaft 32.

` As the members 54 are swung upon their axes as above described by reason of contact between the extremities 55 thereof and the peripheries of the rollers 59 t-he upper ends of the portions 56 of the said members 54 move toward each other and, through the connecting links 57, the opposite sides of the receptacle 34 are forced toward each other, and thus, as the said receptacle is turning to dumping position, the sides of the same are compressed about the bundles contained therein, but, as soon as the receptacle 34 arrives at a. vert-ical, or an approximately vertical position, the ends of the sections 55 of the members 54 clear the rollers 59 upon the arms 58, and the opposite sides of the receptacle 34 swing away from each other, and consequently the confined bundles are liberated and may be deposited upon the ground in shock form. Inasmuch as the receptacle 34 is made of sheet metal the side portions of the said receptacle possess sutiicient resiliency to accomplish the expandin and contracting movement above describe The receptacle 34 is provided with 'a head 60 (also formed of sheet metal) and the said head 60 is provided at its opposite sides with perforated lugs 61 which receive outwardly disposed lingers 62 mounted upon the sides of the receptacle 34. The said fingers 62 are free to move longitudinally through the perforations in the lugs 61. rlhe head 60 is provided at its upper portion with an inclined section-63, which at its upper edge is provided with a lip 64. Flange portions 65 are formed at the ends of the inclined section 63 and are adapted to have contact with the outer sides of the upper portion of the receptacle 34 when the opposite side portions of the said receptacle swing away from each other. A curved arm 66 is mounted upon the upper portion of the head 60 and is adapted to engage the under side of the section 2O of the trough 19 when the said receptacle 34 swings from receiving to dumping position, and thus, as the said receptacle turns from one position to the other the said section 20 of the trough 19 is swung up out of the way. After the receptacle 34 has moved to dumping position the section 20 of the trough 19 falls to its normal position upon the arm 21, as above described.

Rollers 67 and 68 are journaled upon the outer sides of the receptacle 34, and, at their rear edges project beyond the edge of the said receptacle 34. A movable head 69 is provided for the larger end of the receptacle 34. Said head 69 is provided upon its forward face with brackets 70. A link or shaft 71 is pivotally attached at its ends to the forward rail of the frame 23, and the intermediate portion of the said link or shaft 71 is 70. A link or shaft 72 is journaled at its intermediate portion in the inner portions of the brackets 70, and the lower ends of the said link or shaft 72 are held within vertically disposed guides 73, attached to the side rails 38 of the frame 23.

An arm 74 is fixed to the outer portion of the shaft 32, and is provided at its outer end with a friction roller 75. A lever 76 is fulcrumed in a block 77 which is mounted upon the side rails 38 of the frame 23, and the said lever is provided with a curved extremity 78, which, at times, projects into the path of movement of the roller carried by the arm 74. The upper or forward end of the lever 76 is connected with the lever or link 72 by means of a rod 79. A lug 80 is formed at the upper end of the lever 76 and is adapted to engage the side of the rod 79 when the parts are moved so that the said rod 79 and the lever 76 assume substantial alinement, so that swinging movement on the part of the said lever and rod is limited.

As the shaft 32 rotates and the receptacle 34 is swung from bundle-receiving to shockdumping position, the rollers 67, carried at the upper forward portion of the said receptacle 34 engage the inner face of the head 69,

pivoted in the forward ends of the brackets and ,the said head is moved away from the end of the receptacle 34, which movement occurs at the endsiof the link or shaft 71, which are pivotally attached to the frame 23. As the said head 69 moves away from the receptacle 34 the u per portion of the link 72 is swung in a orvvard direction, which moves the rod 79 longitudinally and `svvings the lever 76 in its support 77. rThus the rear end portion 78 of the lever 76 isfswung up into the path of movement of the roller carried at the end `of the arm 74, Which in turn is mounted upon the shaft 32. Therefore, as the said shaft continues to rotate the roller 75 eventually comes in contact with the ortion7 8 of the shaft 76, and the said sha t, together with its attached parts, are moved back to normal positions, the reverse of those last above described. .4 u The traction Wheel 25 is fixed to an axle shaft 81, which in turn is journaled in bearings provided upon the frame of the attachment.' A sprocket Wheel 82 is fixed to the shaft 81, and a shaft 83 is journaled in v). bearing y84, provided upon the frame of the ittachment. A sprocket Wheel 85 is fixed zo the shaft 83,.and a sprocket chain 86 passes around the sprocket Wheels 82 and 35. A sprocket Wheel 87 is journaled upon .he shaft 83 and is provided with a clutch lub` 88. A clutch member89 is feathered ipon the shaft 83 and is provided With an external groove 90 which receives a ring 91 indv to which ring is attached a bail 92. A, shaft 93 is journaled upon the frame 23 ind is provided With a radially disposed arm )4, which is pivotally connected with the Juter portion ofthe bail '92. The shaft 93 s provided at its rear end with an upstandn strip 95, to the upper end of which is .'ucrumed a lever 96. The lever 96 is so :onnected to the extremity 95 of the shaft 93 hat when the long dimension of the lever *6 is in alinement with the long dimension lf, the said extremity 95 the lever cannot Wing toward the traction wheel 25 indeendently of the said extremity 95 ofthe haft 93, but it may swing toward the said raction Wheel 25 and carry with it the xtremity 95 of the said shaft 93. The said aver 96 however is free to swing in an oposite direction independently of the exremity 95 of the shaft 93. A connecting od 97 is adjustably and pivotally attached t one end to the upper portion of the lever 6 and at its op oslte end the said rod 97 s adjustably .and pivotally connected with ne end Vof a rocker 98, which is fulcrumed pon the frame of the attachment. A foot- :eadle lever 99 is also fulcrumed upon the rame of the attachment, and a connecting )d 100 is adjustably and pivotally connectat its rear end to that end ofthe rocker 3 opposite the epd thereof with which the id 97 connects,f`and the forward end of the rod 100 is pivotally conn :ctedwith'fthe' foot treadle lever99. An arnl, 101 'is mount-v ed upon the rear rail of the fi Iame 23, 'and ai# lever 102 is fulcrumed at the upper end of With the levers 96 and 102 respectively.' spring 104 is supported by thi arm 101 and bears against the lever 102 ani is under "ten" sion With a tendency to hold that end of the said lever 102 opposite the end thereof with Which the rod 103 attaches tolv vard the trac# tion Wheel 25. A catch 105 is pivoted to the Working end of the lever 102 and is provided with a notch 106, which is adaptedxto receive the lip 64 formed at t 1e upper edge of the head 60 of thev receptacli` 34. A spring 107 is attached to the lever'02 andfbears against the catch 105, and isiunder tension With a tendency to hold theglower or yfree portion of the catch 105 infthei path of movement of the lip 64. A s roc ret wheel 108 is fixed to the inner end o the shaft 32, and

With relation to a circle striick from the center of the ratchet Wheel 110 and a curved plate 113 which is substantia ly concentric With the center of the' ratchet Wheel 110.` The plate 113 is slightly spared from the outer ends of the ratchets p1* 'ovided upon the Wheel 110. The forwar end `of the shaft 93 is non-circular as at 114, and a bar is provided With a head `L16 having a non-circular opening which sr ugly receives the non-circular portion 114 o1 the shaft 93. The said bar 115 'is free to slide upon the shaft 93, but is retained agains independent lateral swinging movement by? reason of the non-circular configuration ofthe end `.portion 114 of the shaft and the o )ening in the head 116. A coil spring 117 is interposed between a collar 118 mounted upon the shaft 93, and the enlarged head 11`I' rof the arm 115. The spring 117 is under tension with a tendency to hold the head 11li-of the arm 115 toward the collar 118. A lever 119 is with a hooked extremity 12t, which lies behind the outer portion of the arm 115 and loosely receives the same. The opposite,y or upper end of the lever 119 liefr in the path o movement of an arm 121 Wh; ch is fixed to the shaft 32. When a sufliciei .t number `of bundles have been accumulatedl in the receptacle 34 the operator places his foot upon the foot-treadle 99y and swings the same,

which 'moves the rod 100 longi` udinally and swings the rocker 98 upon its; axis. This movement on the part of the said rocker moves the rod 97 longitudinally, and, through the lever 96, the shafti 93 is turned 115 l' fulcrumed to the frame 23 amil S' Provided upon its axis and the arm 94 is moved toward the adjacent end of the shaft 83. Thls movement on the part of the arm 94, and through the bail 92 and ring 91, the clutch member 89 is moved into engagementwith the clutch hub 88 of the sprocket wheel 87. As the machine moves over the surface of the ground rotary movement is transmitted from the axle 81 through the sprocket wheels 82 and 85 and chain 86 to the shaft 83, and when the clutch member 89 is moved into engagement withthe clutch hub 88 rotary movement is transmitted from the said shaft 83 to the shaft 32. By rotating the shaft 32 the contents of the receptacle are deposited upon the ground as above described. At t-he same time that the lever 96 is swung the lever 102 is swung correspondingly through the connecting rod 103, and thus the catch 105 carried by the lever 102 is moved out of engagement with the lip 64 carried by the head 60 of the receptacle 34. As the arm 121 rotates about the axis of the shaft 32 the said arm comes in contact with the upper end of the lever 119 and the said lever is swung upon its fulcrumupon the side rail 38, and the arm 115 is moved bodily upon the shaft 93 away from the collar 118 and against the tension of the spring 117 which tends to hold the arm 115 toward the collar 118.

As the arm 115 is moved along the shaft 93 the inner end of the' said arm is brought in contact with one of the ratchets at the periphery of the wheel 110, and the inner end of the arm 115 is carried up along the under side of the plate 113. When the inner end of the arm 115 arrives at the plate 112 the said arm 115 has partially rotated the shaft 93 in the opposite direction from that in which it is turned when the operator presses the foot-treadle 99. Thus, when the inner end of the arm 115 arrives at the plate 112 the said shaft 93 has been turned to such an extent as to disengage, through its connections, the clutch member 89 from the clutch hub 88 of the sprocket wheel 87. By reason of the fact that the arm 121 carried by the shaft 32 does not engage the `upper end of the lever 119 until the said shaft 32 has about completed one revolution, the clutch member 89 is not disengaged from the clutch hub 88 of the sprocket wheel 87 until the said shaft 32 has completed its revolution, and the shock has been positioned upon the ground. At the same time that the shaft 93 is turned back to its original or normal position by the arm 115 the lever 102 is swung upon its fulcrum through the connecting rod 103, and the catch 105 carried by the said lever is swung into the path of movement of the lip 64, so that when the receptacle 34 assumes its normal or bundlereceiving [position the said lip 64 enters the notch 106 provided in the catch 105, and the parts are temporarily locked. After the inner end of the arm 115 arrives at the plate 112 it remains in the vicinity of the said plate until the shaft 93 is again partially rotated by the operator depressing the footlever 99. When this is done the inner end of thearm 115 slides down along the outer surface of the plate 113, and is in position at the lower end portion of the said plate 113 when it is again moved in contact with the ratchet carried by the wheel 110, as above described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure, by Letters Patent, is z 1. In a grain shocker, a receptacle mounted for rotary movement and simultaneous vertical reciprocatory movement, and means for contracting the sides of the receptacle during the downward vertical movement thereof.

2. A shocker comprising a mounted for rotation upon an axis, and movable vertically, a bundle-receiving trough located above the receptacle and having a hinged side, and means for delivering bundles successively from the grain deck of a harvester to the said bundle-receiving trough.

3. A shocker comprising a receptacle mounted for rotation about an axis, and movable vertically, means for contracting receptacle and spreading the walls of the receptacle as the said receptacle rotates, and a trough located above the receptacle and having a hinged side, and means for delivering bundles successively to the said trough.

4. A shocker comprising a shaft ournaled for rotation and having a crank portion, a receptacle located in the crank portion of the shaft, means for rotating the shaft, and moving the same vertically, and a locking means for holding the said receptacle in bundle-receiving position.

5. A shocker comprising a frame having uprights with elongated openings, a shaft journaled for rotation in the openings, means for rotating the shaft, means for moving the said shaft along the openings at the same time that it is rotated, said shaft having an intermediate crank portion, a bundle receptacle located in said crank portion and having an open delivery end, means for locking the said bundle receptacle in bundle-receiving position, means for closing the delivery end of said bundle receptacle consisting of a movable head, and means for movingthe said head relative to the receptacle as the receptacle is rotated.

6. A shocker comprising a frame having arms located thereon and provided with elongated openings, a shaft having an intermediate crank portion, said shaft being journaled in the openings of the arms,

means for rotating said shaft, means for moving the shaft along the openings in the arms at the time that it is rotated, a bundle receptacle located upon the shaft and having an open delivery end, means for oontraoting and spreading the sides of the bundle receptacle at the same time that it is rotated, a catch means for holding the re- `oeptaole in'bundle-reoeiving position, means for removin the said catch means from engagement with the bundle receptacle, a movable head for closing the elivery end'of the bundle receptacle, and neans for moving the said head relative to` the receptacle as the said receptacle rotates.

In testimony that I oli` im the foregoing as my own, I have heretol affixed my slgna-` ture in the presence oftw i witnesses.

J l VLIUS FRITZ.

Witnesses: i

A. WRIGHT,

P. O. HOWELL.

Washington, D. C.

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